What does it mean when your computer says that it's "virtual memory is low"?

Answer 1

you need more rams

Answer 2

When all of your computer's real physical memory (RAM) is in use, Windows will try to create virtual memory by grabbing a chunk of hard drive space and treating it like real memory. Your software can't tell the difference between real and virtual memory, but you might because virtual memory access is much slower, due to the hard drive activity it requires.

If you encounter the low virtual memory error message, then you have used the maximum amount of real plus virtual memory that is supported on your system. Sometimes programs that crash or ones that are poorly designed will not return their working memory space to the operating system when they're done using it. Other programs that need a large amount of memory to run may fail because Windows cannot "see" the available memory. In most cases, a shutdown and restart will resolve this problem.

If you still see the dreaded "Your system is low on virtual memory" message then the first thing to do is make sure your computer is configured to allow Windows to automatically manage the virtual memory. In Windows XP, follow these steps:


Click Start, then open the Control Panel.

Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.

Click the Advanced tab.

Under Performance, click Settings.

Click the Advanced tab.

Under Virtual memory, click Change.

Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file (virtual memory) settings that you want to change. In almost every case, this will be your C: drive.

Click to select the "System managed size" option, then click Set.

Click OK three times and restart your computer.

When you allow Windows to manage your virtual memory, it should make the optimum amount of virtual memory available, by automatically shrinking or enlarging the paging file as needed. If that doesn't solve the low virtual memory problem, there are a few more things you can try.

Answer 3

Low on Memory


First, make sure your drive isn't overly full. In Windows Explorer, right-click the drive icon and choose Properties. If the amount of free space is under about 10 percent, you'll need to free up some space. You can use the Disk Cleanup button right next to the free space indicator, or manually move some files to off-line storage, or uninstall unnecessary applications—whatever it takes to get more free space.
If low drive space isn't the problem, the virtual-memory settings may be wrong. Right-click My Computer and choose Properties. Click the Advanced tab. Click the Settings button in the Performance panel. Click the Advanced tab in the Performance dialog. Click the Change button in the Virtual memory panel. Whew! This setting is buried quite thoroughly! Look for the System managed size option, select it if it isn't already selected, and then click OK, OK, OK. That should end the warnings.

Answer 4

Your PC is low on RAM so it's using virtual memory. Restart your PC and it will be okay. but it might be time to buy an extra stick of RAM.

Answer 5

is mean your computer run out of RAM memory, reason you got this message is you run many program as a same time. if you still need to run all the program as a same time for you work, you must to updated your RAM memory. I will provide you website to check what type of memory do you need to update, just click scan systems wait until less 2 min they will show you what do you need to updates of in all your systems. in this case you just looking your memory updates

Answer 6

Any of these things:

a) You need more RAM
b) You have a lot of applications open, so close some
c) Your hard drive is getting full, so delete some big files and then use a defragmenter utility

Answer 7

Exactly what it sounds like.
You're using up alot of memory, or you just need more.
Clear out unneeded things and empty your recycle bin.

Answer 8

i would try downloading ccleaner its free and wipes all unneeded items from your hard drive and also go to add and remove programs and remove what you do not use

Answer 9

it meens you have to do a disk clean up on your pc.
to give you more space

Answer 10

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